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List of consultations
| Closing date | Topic | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ongoing | Road, Marine, Rail, Aviation | Are disruptions to supply chains impacting your organization? | Supply Chain Office is looking for industry feedback on how disruptions are impacting organizations in the transportation sector. This feedback will be used to help improve government’s response to supply chain disruptions. |
| Closed | Marine | Fee modernization for marine insurance certificates | Transport Canada is proposing changes to its fees for marine insurance certificates. |
| Closed | Marine | Expanding the Minor Works Order under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act | Consultation documents for Expanding the Minor Works Order under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act |
| Closed | Marine | Potential regulations to increase access to marine emergency services and improve response to pollution incidents - Second consultation | Transport Canada is developing regulations to improve how Canada prepares and responds to marine incidents and is seeking feedback from Indigenous Peoples, coastal communities, and marine stakeholders. |
| Closed | Marine | Modernizing the Navigable Waters Works and Navigable Waters Bridges Regulations | Transport Canada is proposing a regulatory review to modernize the Navigable Waters Works Regulations and the Navigable Waters Bridges Regulations, by merging them into a single regulation and clarifying when CNWA requirements apply. |
| Closed | Marine | What we heard: Modernizing the Navigable Waters Works Regulations and Navigable Waters Bridges Regulations under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act | From August 26 to October 31, 2025, Transport Canada invited Indigenous communities, stakeholders and the public to share their views on the proposed regulations to modernize the Navigable Waters Works Regulations and the Navigable Waters Bridges Regulations under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act. This report summarizes what Transport Canada heard during this consultation. |
| Closed | Marine | Proposed changes to the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 | The Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 help improve maritime safety, protect the marine environment, and make vessel operations more efficient in Canadian waters through marine navigation and marine radiocommunication requirements. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk: Expanding Transportation Security Clearance Requirement to Additional Port and Marine Facility Employees | Transport Canada is proposing to expand Transportation Security Clearance requirements at Canadian ports and marine facilities. |
| Closed | Marine | Proposed regulatory project on administrative monetary penalties under the Marine Liability Act and parts of the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act | Transport Canada is collecting your views on a proposal to make regulations under the Marine Liability Act and parts of the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act Administrative that set the amounts of administrative monetary penalties (fines) and the classification of violations. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk Transportation: Vessels using scrubber systems in Canadian waters | Transport Canada is looking for feedback on vessels using scrubber systems in Canadian waters. |
| Closed | Marine | What we heard report – Vessels using scrubber systems in Canadian Waters | This report summarizes the feedback received about potential impacts from changes to requirements for the use of scrubber systems in Canadian waters. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk Transportation: Domestic vessel oversight review | As part of our work promoting safety at sea under the Oceans Protection Plan, Transport Canada is reviewing how we oversee domestic commercial vessels. |
| Closed | Marine | Potential regulations to increase access to marine emergency services and to improve response to pollution incidents | Transport Canada is seeking feedback on a discussion paper about potential regulations to increase access to marine emergency services and to improve response to pollution incidents. |
| Closed | Marine | Review of the Shipping Conferences Exemption Act | We are reviewing how we regulate cooperative agreements between ocean carriers that transport marine cargo. We’re seeking specific feedback on the use of cooperative agreements in the maritime transportation industry. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s talk: Making Personal Flotation Devices/Lifejackets Mandatory for Recreational Boaters | Transport Canada is reviewing the mandatory use of PFDs/lifejackets for individuals on board recreational vessels. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s talk Administrative Monetary Penalty Regulations under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act | We’re seeking feedback on the proposed regulations to create administrative monetary penalties under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act. |
| Closed | Marine | Improving the safety of pilot transfer arrangements | Transport Canada is helping the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to revise the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulation V/23 and the associated instruments. Completing the work for these revisions is planned to end in 2024. |
| Closed | Marine | Canadian Navigable Waters Act legislative review | As part of the legislative review process of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act, this discussion paper will guide engagement with various stakeholders to find out where we can improve the Act, and where we can build upon successes. |
| Closed | Marine | Updating the regulations and standards for response organizations and oil handling facility operators | As part of the Oceans Protection Plan, the Government of Canada wants to update the regulations that control how Canada prepares for, and responds to, ship-source oil spills. Transport Canada wants your feedback on changes we’re considering for some of these regulations. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk Transportation: Public Interest Assessment of Bunge’s Proposed Acquisition of Viterra | Transport Canada is reviewing the proposed acquisition of Viterra Limited (Viterra) by Bunge Limited (Bunge) in accordance with the Canada Transportation Act. We want your input to help inform the review process. |
| Closed | Marine | The Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations: Providing provinces and municipalities with a greater role in managing their waterways | Transport Canada wants to modernize the VORR to make it faster, easier, and more effective for local authorities to implement restrictions. |
| Closed | Marine | What we heard: Long-term anchoring | From October 12 to December 11, 2023, Transport Canada held an online consultation to know what Canadians thought about how to manage vessels that anchor long-term on shared waterways. This report summarizes what we heard from the consultation. |
| Closed | Marine | What we heard: Public consultation on the modernization of the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations | Transport Canada held an online consultation from October 12 to December 11, 2023, to give Canadians the chance to comment on the proposed approach to modernize the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations (VORR) by streamlining the process for implementing vessel operation restrictions. This report summarizes what we heard during this public consultation. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk: Long-term anchoring | Transport Canada is consulting on whether to regulate long-term anchoring. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk Polar Code: Adding new vessel types to the Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations | Consultation regarding adding new vessel types to the Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations. |